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I must have the ONLY horse that can pick those eensy teensy little things OUT of his food. I swear -- he gets one cup of grain with the blue stuff on top and when he's through, all the majickal blue granules are still there, lurking in the bottom of his feeder. So I pour molasses on top of them and he shlurps them up.

O.M.G. -- I just thought of something: Maybe that means BPRs are bad for him. Because horses always somehow some way know exactly what's good for them, right?

But then when I let him graze after a ride, he loves to go from clover patch to clover patch.

SOMEBODY HELP ME -- I KNOW DON'T WHAT TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

__________________________ "... if you think i'm MAD, today, of all days,
the best day in ten years,
you are SORELY MISTAKEN, MY LITTLE ANCHOVY."

I had just been sprinkling them on a small amount of grain with a drizzle of oil and checking back to make sure she ate them, but clicker training sounds so efficient. Anyone tried it?

Yes! My red-headed mare refused to eat her blue pop rocks, but using the clicker I was able to teach her to open the bag herself (which saves my manicure!), dump them in her bin and suck them in through a straw. Not only have her ulcers gone away, but she is now clicker-training the pony next door to piaffe. It's amazing. They can also open their stall doors and have started a garden.

They aren't able to get online, because I refuse to allow them to log onto FB without supervision, but I did order heirloom seeds for them (those blue carrots) and a $2000 chicken coop from Restoration Hardware.

Yes! My red-headed mare refused to eat her blue pop rocks, but using the clicker I was able to teach her to open the bag herself (which saves my manicure!), dump them in her bin and suck them in through a straw. Not only have her ulcers gone away, but she is now clicker-training the pony next door to piaffe. It's amazing. They can also open their stall doors and have started a garden.

They aren't able to get online, because I refuse to allow them to log onto FB without supervision, but I did order heirloom seeds for them (those blue carrots) and a $2000 chicken coop from Restoration Hardware.

Awesome what observational learning can do.

Very impressive, but did you clicker train them to clean their own stalls yet?

Yes! My red-headed mare refused to eat her blue pop rocks, but using the clicker I was able to teach her to open the bag herself (which saves my manicure!), dump them in her bin and suck them in through a straw. Not only have her ulcers gone away, but she is now clicker-training the pony next door to piaffe. It's amazing. They can also open their stall doors and have started a garden.

They aren't able to get online, because I refuse to allow them to log onto FB without supervision, but I did order heirloom seeds for them (those blue carrots) and a $2000 chicken coop from Restoration Hardware.

Make sure you clicker train the horse to assemble the chicken coop once it arrives. And maybe throw in an iced coffe maker in the order from WS and clicker train Horsey to serve you cool beverages after each ride.